Cable strain relief device

Abstract

A cable strain relief device is described comprised of a pair of disks each having an opening therein sized to allow a cable to be passed therethrough; and an arrangement to maintain the disks in a position relative to one another such that the openings are proximate and offset whereby cable passed through the openings is kinked and retained therebetween. The disks may be identical, the opening in each disk being offset from the disk center. The disks are positioned relative to one another to offset the openings therein. The preferred arrangement to maintain the disks in position relative to one another is a backshell and backnut assembly. The cable strain relief device, when used with a plurality of electrically conductive sheathed cables, provides, where electrically conductive disks are used, an electrically conductive pathway between the plurality of cables to ground.

I claim: 
     
       1. A cable strain relief device comprising: a) a pair of disks, each of said disks having a plurality of openings therein sized to allow cables to be passed therethrough, wherein the plurality of openings on each disk is comprised of a first opening offset from the central longitudinal axis of the disk, and other openings positioned away from and around said first opening, such that a circle centered on and circumscribing the first opening passes through the center of the other openings and   b) means to maintain said disks in a position relative to one another such that the openings are proximate and offset whereby cable passed through said openings is kinked and retained therebetween.